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Texas Grease Trap Ordinance Could Mean Restaurant Fines The Breckenridge Texas City Commission took the first steps in insure clean sewer lines with passage of a grease trap ordinance. The ordinance requires applicable facilities to install, use and maintain grease traps or interceptors, prohibits discharging of excessive fats, oils and dressings into the city’s sewer

Restaurant Grease Traps Polluting Rio Grande Cooking grease from Española businesses is causing water contamination in the Rio Grande and officials charged with treating the city’s water, say they need help to stop future spills. Española Wastewater Superintendent Lawrence Rhome told the city’s Public Works Committee that grease is getting into the sewer system, the

Grease Interceptor Problem Pushing Pollution Into Michigan Pollution in the sewer system in Granger Indiana has raised questions about whether businesses are contributing to the problem by disposing food waste without using proper grease interceptors. An operator for the St. Joseph County Regional Water and Sewer District, which runs the 150-user Granger sewer system, this

NJ Banquet Hall Shut Down For Improper Grease Trap Pumping Remediation crews were hard at work at the banquet facility in Raleigh New Jersey, cleaning up the illegal kitchen sewage spill that forced township officials to shut down the popular facility until further notice. But when it re-opens remains to be seen. Their interim manager

NJ Boroughs Step Up Restaurant Grease Trap Cleaning The New Jersey Borough of Metuchen has a “greasy” problem on its hands and hopes to prevent what Councilwoman Allison Inserro has called a “yucky” situation. At the next council meeting, borough officials are expected to introduce an ordinance on how restaurant businesses maintain their grease traps. “This

NJ Boroughs Step Up Restaurant Grease Trap Cleaning An amended version of the Sewers and Septic Systems chapter of the Yorktown New York code was proposed at the March 28 work session in order to better control the disposal of grease that might adversely affect the town’s septic system. At the meeting, Councilman Vishnu Patel

Richland County Limits Grease Interceptor Damage To Sewer Lines Clogged pipes and sewer backups can increase costs for taxpayers, which is why Richland County Utilities is expanding oversight of the types of discharge that flow into the County’s sanitary sewer system. Fats, oils and grease, commonly called FOG, enter the County’s sewer system every day